The Prophet (1999)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

Fred Olen Ray

Writer:

Ron Mckenan (writer)

Genre:

Action

Tagline:

When they're in your head, how do you watch your back?

Plot:

A federal agent who has the ability to see into the future (as a result of a secret experiment that...

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Exploitation | Independent Film

Cast

Don 'The Dragon' Wilson	...	Jarrid Maddox
Barbara Steele	...	Agent Oakley
Alexander Keith	...	Vicki Taylor
Paul Michael Robinson	...	Hunter
Arthur Roberts	...	Richard Maddox
Rick Dean	...	Sagan
Jenna Bodnar	...	Coby
Sid Sham	...	Loggins
Chick Vennera	...	Salvator
Robert Quarry	...	Agent Betts
Eric Lawson	...	Agent Johnson
Richard Gabai	...	Vernon
Mirron E. Willis	...	Kegs
Sam Hiona	...	Ambassador
Warren A. Stevens	...	Kepler (as Warren Stevens)

Also Known As:

The Capitol Conspiracy (USA) (video title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence and sexuality.

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | South Korea:15 | Germany:18 | USA:R

Company:

Concorde-New Horizons

Bad plot + bad acting + bad action = don't watch

There are few action stars I watch for their acting skills and Don Wilson is certainly not one of them. But if he is put in a picture with a weak and incoherent story and action scenes that are so lame and poorly choreographed, they make you weep, you have one bad movie. Don't watch it unless you enjoy guys shooting at each other at 20 feet with no cover for minutes and missing their targets, Don and his 'partner' parking their car and strolling leisurely although they are closely followed by the bad guys, Don leaving 2 rounds in a gun to allow the murder of an innocent man, just to expose a traitor.

At one point two bad guys corner Don against a wall with a car, but he is fast enough to duck under the car before he is hit. The two guys pull back the car and naturally Don is gone. There is nothing else around, no other cars or hiding places. But the two guys get both out of the car, pull their guns, walk towards the wall and stare at the floor where Don should have been lying squashed. Don of course stands right on the car's roof and shoots them from there.

There are many more scenes that insult the intelligence or strain the patience of the viewer (in fact there are few that don't). So unless you want to make a study of how many mistakes a director can cram into an 83 minute film, avoid this one at all cost.